PHOTO The sign advertising the start of alcohol restrictions at Doomadgee has been torn down.

Councils have been lobbying the state government to amend the law, and it has been under official review for six years with no change.

The Government would not say whether it believed the law was working or had achieved its aims, but acknowledged the concerns around sly grogging and home brew.

The Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs said “improving the safety and wellbeing of community members will continue to be the focus of Alcohol Management and the review, which is expected to be finalised by early 2019”.

PHOTO Alcohol litters the roadside on the outskirts of Doomadgee, June 2018.

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